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Conceive yourself confronted by a pop-gun, some ten feet in diameter, charged with mephitic vapours and plugged with microbes of typhoid fever. Conceive your sensations when you were aware that the piston was being driven home. That was my situation in March, 1890, when I got... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc

A mix of travel stories and history by S. Baring-Gould.

The Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould (28 January 1834 - 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector... Read Full Overview

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"In Troubadour Land" from Sabine Baring Gould. English anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar (1834-1924).

In Troubador Land is a book written by S. Baring-Gould that explores the history and culture of the troubadours, a group of poets and musicians who flourished in the South of France during the Middle Ages. The book provides a detailed account of the troubadours' lives, their... Read Full Overview

In Troubadour-Land - A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

In Troubador Land is a book written by S. Baring-Gould, a British author and folklorist. The book is a travelogue that describes Baring-Gould's journey through the region of Southern France known as Occitania, also referred to as Troubadour Land. Baring-Gould's account takes... Read Full Overview